Your Complete Guide to Single and Double Trigger Vesting
June's four part series on M&A negotiations at tech startups
If your company sells, how much money will you make?
It can be more complicated than you think - especially if your equity is still vesting.
This week we’ll cover the concept of triggers - mechanisms to accelerate your stake in the company upon a “change of control”.
More specifically, we’ll give you the ins and outs of single and double trigger clauses.
You’ll want to negotiate one of these in your next role, so we give you the stats on who typically is eligible, and sample language to adapt below:
